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Shar Fox, center, visits with Codie Buckley and her mother, Linda, in the atrium of the State Office Building on Monday. On January 3, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the U.S. and William Egan was sworn in as the first Governor of the state.

Editor's note: This caption has been changed to correct the name of one of the people in the picture.

Shar Fox, center, visits with Cadie Buckley and her mother, Linda, in the atrium of the State Office Building on Monday. On Jan. 3, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the U.S. and William Egan was sworn in as the first governor of the state.